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midev
5y ago
If that's what you think context clues means, I can't help you.
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5y ago
You made 20% more and broke into six figures. Congrats, you're an average tech employee with baggage. Everyone that remembers you will be a hard no on future interviews. Congrats I guess.
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5y ago
> How do you know that individual wasn't approved for the 2 months? I missed that part of the story. Context clues: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Context_(language_use) > Do you not believe an employee has t
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midev
5y ago
If by "worked" you mean pissed off everyone and ruined your reputation and career, sure!
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midev
5y ago
> But 2 months off could be a totally reasonable amount? Sure. Leave of two months should obviously be coordinated with your leadership, which this person didn't do. Which makes your comment moot.
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5y ago
Yes, the words are pretty plain and clear. You can take as much time off as you want, within reason. There is no cap. Need a few days off for a break? Go for it. Want to take a two week vacation a few times per year. Approved! Think you can
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5y ago
> The CEO made a dumb bet and lost. You can't be mad when you offer unlimited PTO and people use it This is such a dumb take. Unlimited PTO does not mean you take two months off. I'm tired of everything needing a footnote and q
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5y ago
> He called the company's bluff It wasn't a bluff. Unlimited PTO has never meant taking months off at a time. I've never met an adult that needed clarification on what unlimited PTO means. Nonsense like this just ruins it
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5y ago
> Where can i get a job as a programmer where class A assholes can apply? Only bad places, where you'll work with other miserable people. Most good places have a "No Assholes Allowed" rule. > After years in the industry
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5y ago
> It'll be fun to look back on this comment in three years. Despite over a decade of smartphones, screen size and resolution is often touted as the number one or number two feature. Screen size, quality, and ease of use for watches
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5y ago
> what they are teaching is usually just too narrow to be all that useful They were video lessons on HTML, CSS, and other languages. Your comment makes no sense, and sounds more like projection than valid criticism.
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5y ago
> You say this when someone brings up their daily coffee in real life, and not just this one time online? We're talking about degrees. If someone I knew could not function without coffee, yes, I would suggest they talk to a doctor.
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5y ago
> Funny how no one ever says this about caffeine intake. Surely you also think people who drink coffee every day are relying on a crutch and are drug addicts that need therapy Lots of people say this. I'll even say it right now. If
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5y ago
> why can he not voice his opinion on his personal social media He can, and did, voice his opinion on social media. He was not prevented from doing so in any way. Other people read his opinion and decided they didn't want to work wi
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5y ago
> A lot of small business/self employed folks don't have any kind of web presence other than FB/Instagram. This is pretty cut and dry. Dom't build your business on top of another business, for which you have no contra
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5y ago
> before it cuts someone off from what is becoming a vital service Facebook is not a vital service. Popularity doesn't determine what is and is-not vital, nor does it remove the rights of a private business.
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5y ago
> Only a numbnut would believe those things can happen "anonymously". I think you might be taking it too literally... Obviously some people know who he is... It's within the general public and media that he has remained an
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5y ago
> how are you going to get your dick hard without being able to murder people just because you feel like it What's your obsession with my penis? This is your second comment about it. I ignored it the first time, so you try harder th
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midev
5y ago
It's kinda funny that when talking about foreign adversaries attacking the United States, you went to Edward Snowden. You said it, not me.
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5y ago
Hard disagree. First, you downplay "unauthorized information access". Foreign adversaries have targeted our industrial SCADA systems, which can lead to death and destruction. Second, there's no moral absolutes that dictate ho
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5y ago
> Send a surgical strike into a country that aside from having the presence of the bad actor had nothing to do with it? Work with law enforcement agencies in those countries to apprehend the person. If the country won't cooperate or
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5y ago
> My email provider doesn't get involved in what I am emailing (even though they might be "facilitating" a crime or other unsavory), I guarantee you they do. This is right from SendGrid: __Twilio SendGrid Email prohibits s
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5y ago
You are grossly misinformed. So much so I have to wonder why. PornHub JUST took down 600k videos of minors and consensual acts. https://www.engadget.com/pornhub-first-transparency-report-1... Either you're commenting
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5y ago
> I don't see how a payment processor is "being associated" with the content They are literally facilitating the transaction.... Handling payments which determine access to the content is very much "being associated&q
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5y ago
That would be fine if that was the initial offer. But it wasn't. It was a bait and switch. It wasn't until she was trapped that they pulled her pay. That's criminal, and it's worrying you're justifying it under an a
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> Bullshit. When your "minor issue" becomes something that kills people, you test the living bejesus out of it before you think of deploying. At no point did I say not to test before rollouts. > When even the slightest chang
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> I don’t believe Americans would have the experience, social customs, physical stamina, emotional fortitude or knowledge to survive reasonably well if conditions took a serious turn for the worse. It wasn't flag football or nerf th
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> My point was that people in the United States do not have experience dealing with even very minor hardships effectively Again, yes! Due to our success! These aren't at all a knock on American's. It's what every generatio
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> Meanwhile, over here in healthcare, I'm currently carefully evaluating whether to update some software packages from their 2011-release version to their 2015-release version This could partially explain why healthcare IT is some o
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5y ago
> Most Americans have absolutely no idea what it is like to endure that sort of hardship Which is great! Despite the flaws of capitalism, it's literally the point! As supply chains were impacted, new businesses and solutions filled
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